Horse-collar pad



G. P. STEGNER HORSE COLLAR PAD Filed July 11, 1927 June 5, 1928.

Patented June 5, 1928.

UNI-IED STATES YPAl'lfENT OFFICE.

GEORGE I. STEGNER, for CALIFORNIA, MISSOURI, ASSIGMOR 'ro WILLIAM nnox SADDLERY ooivIPAiIY, or CALIFORNIA, MISSOURI, A yccanoniIrion OF MISSOURI.

HORSEOOLLAR PAD.

Application filed July 11,

invention relates to improvements in horse collar pads, and has for its primary object a. pad inwhich allpossibility of breaking down and the consequent chaiing of the horses neck' is'eliminated.

A further object isv to construct a horsel collar pad in whichy the side walls are reinforced so that the free ends ofthe horse collar are prevented from working forward and backward and breaking down the side walls of the pad.

A still further Object is to construct a horse collar pad in which the top and bottom walls are reinforced by means of metal plates so that all possibility of these walls collapsing is prevented. I have found that in lpads as Ordinarily constructed the vside walls break down very quickly and chafe the horses neck causingsore spots. I' have also found that the pressure of the hame straps causes the top wall' of the pad to l break `down making it diflicult to insert the ends of the collar and I have also found that the central portion ofthe bottom wallo-f lthe pad, that is that portion which restson the h orses neck collapses and pinches the neck. All of these various defectsare caused by the Vfact that the pad being` formed of'leather absorbs sweat from the horse and becomes soften ed. '(Ihe'ends of the collar are merely held in the pad by means of straps which permitsv the ends to work backwardmand forward,and when the side walls ofA the padl becomes softened `due to moisture they break down as do the top and bottom walls. Then whenthe harness is hung away vover night, the pad stifieins in the broken down position and when again used it has set and become hard, and beingout off shape chafes and digs into the horses neck causing sores and preventing the horse from `being" worked regularly. Y This-invention is an improvement on Letters Patent No. 1,562,129'issued to me November 17th, 1925.

In the drawings: y Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my device; Fig. 2 is a top plan view' of the saine; Fig. 3 is a section taken on the` line 34-3 of F ig. 2 and showing one end ofthe collar inv position in the pad; and' i Fig. 1 is a section taken on theline 4-4 'ofFign 3.

In the construction of my device I employ a bottomv member or wall 5 which is preferably arcuate as illustrated in Figsl 1927'. serieu m; 204,707.

and 3 andwhich has its longitudinal edges bent upwardso `as to form walls 6y and 7 so thatth'e.arcuate'member 5 will be substantially U shaped in cross section. Midway the ends .of the member4 5 and located on its `upper surface is Va late ,or stiifening member 8.

This member fo lows the cross sectional 'conJ I tourof the member 5 and tends to stiften it so .as t0 prevent all possibility of a break# down.

Secured tothe member 5 is a top memberl ,8a which has side walls9 and 10. .These side walls extend downward and it insideof the side walls 6' and 7 formed on the bottom member. Secured to the underside of the Ymember 8 and between the walls .9and V1() isha s tiffening member 11;l This member is formed rof leatheri as are the portions 8 and l5,

while the portion Sis preferably of metal. Secured between the top l8a and the stiffeningrmember 11 are the ends 12 of the straps 13.

These straps extend from each end of the p ad as illustrated in Figs. 1 and2 and are for the purpose of securing the-collar 14 vto the pad.` yT he collar is provided with buckles 15 to'which the straps13 are secured. The straps 13 are secured in position by means ofrivets 16 and by means of stitching V17.

Between themembers' 8a and 111 ,alSO

. place a welt 18 ywhich is positionedvalon the line vof stitching :20. This draws down the top member close against the welt so as ,to form a square shoulder and by forming this square shoulder all, lpossibility of the hame strap climbing the welt or ridge' 21 is elimy inated. This isa serious defect in horse collar pads employing a round welt since there was always ya possibility ofl the hame strap creepingv up yover the. top of such welt but the square shoulder will prevent all of this. The ends of the members 8a and 11 are stitchedto-gether by means of stitching 22.

` Vhen. the top member has been thusfar formed; I insert a metallic plate 23 between the members 8a and 11 and between the ends lf2 of the straps 13. I then run aline of sgatitching 24 along the rear edge of the upper member thus firmly uniting the members 8a and 11 together along all edges. The plate 23 is held against any movement whatsoever by means of the Aends 1 2 of the straps 18 and the lines of stitching 2O and 24.

After the upper member has been thus formed, the edges 9 and l0 are placed in the position illustrated in F A and rivets 25 are used to secure the two members together, certain of these rivets also securing the reinforcing strap or plate 8 in position on the bottom member. In this way an arcuate tubular member open at the ends only is formed and in which the side walls are so secured together that therewill be no open spaces whatever for the ends of the collar to work through and break down the side walls. Furthermore by stiifening. the top and bottom member by means of metallic plates, any breaking down of these members, either laterally or long ritudinally,y is prevented so that a smooth round undersurface will always rest on the horses neck and the top face of the collar pad will always be smooth and not break down, and by forming a square shoulder on the welt all possibility of the hame strap creeping yover the welt is eliminated so that the hames will always stay in position. y

While -[have vshown the collar adjust-ably secured to the pad by means of buckles, still. it is obvious that any other fastening means may be employed without departing from the spirit of my invention. My purpose in adjustably securing the collar to the pad is so that the same collar can be used for various horses or in other words the collar be adjustable to size. For instance a 19 inch collar will be capable of being adjusted to 20 and 21 inches. This eliminates the ne cessity of having a large number of various size collars, or in fact, if a collar is used on a young horse it can be adjusted in size as the animal grows thus obviating the necessity of buying new collars and' destroying perfectly good collars on account of them getting too small for the animal.

It will be noted particularly from Fig. t that the welt or ridge 2l is rectangular in cross section and along the forward edge of the top member.

Having fullydescribed `my invention, what I claim is 1 l. A horse collar pad comprising an arcuate tubular member open at both ends only and having its sides and top reinforced, a metallic plate carried by thc top of said pad for further stiffening the same, means located at each end of the top of said tubular `member for attaching the same to a horse collar, and a welt substantially` rectangular in cross section located on the upper surface of said tubular member for holding a hame strap in position, said welt gradually tapering downward toward its ends.

2. A horse collar pad comprising'an arc-v uate bottom member having its longitudinal edges upturned, a top member having its longitudinal edges downturned, said last mentioned edges adaptedto fit snugly within and against the first mentioned edges whereby a tubular member having reinforced side walls is formed, a strap secured to each end of the top member, said straps adapted to secure the lpad to a horse collar, and a longitudinallyy extending outwardly projecting welt having a vertical edge formed integral with the top member and along one edgethereof, said Welt gradually decreasing in height toward its ends.`

3. A horse collar pad comprising an arcuate bottom member having its longitudinal edges upturned, a metallic member midway the endsv of said bottom member for reinforcing the same, 4a top `member having its longitudinal edges downturned, said last n'ientioi'ied edgesradapted to fit snugly lwithin and against the first mentioned edges whereby a tubular member having rein forced side walls is formed, a strap secured to each end of the top member, said strapsv adapted to secure the pad to a horse collar,

ay longitudinally extending outwardly pro.-y

jecting welt having a vertical edge formed integralv with the top member and along one edge thereof, and a rectangular metallic plate carried by the top member whereby the breaking down of the same is prevented.

4. A horse collar pad comprising an arcuate U shaped. bottom member, a reinforcement carried by vsaid bottom member inter mediate its ends, an arcuate U shaped top member, said members adapted to be secured together so as to form an open end tube having reinforced walls, a reinforcing strip secured to the top member on its underneath surface, a rectangular metallic plate secured between said top member and said. reinforcing member, a strap secured to each end of the top member and having one end located between the top member and the reinforcing member and abutting the metallic plate, and a welt formed integral with loo and projecting above the top member for holding a hame strap in position thereon, said welt being substantially rectangularin cross section and. gradually decreasing in height toward its ends for preventing the lforward cree infr of a haine stra plate carried by said top member on its unthe forward edge of said pad, said rib gradderneath surface, a strap secured to each ually increasing in height from its ends toend of the top member and abutting said ward its center. l0 reinforcing member, said straps adapted to In testimony whereof I have affixed my 5 secure the pad to a horse collar, and a 1onsignature.

gitudinally extending outwardly projecting rib rectangular in cross section formed on GEORGE P. STEGNER. 

